Book covers are the first thing that attracts readers to a book. A good cover can draw someone is, just as a bad cover can easily draw someone away. It can essentially make or break a book. Holy, Mother Cover! is where I showcase the book covers that stand out (or make me cringe) and discuss cover changes.

This past Tuesday was the book birthday of Jandy Nelson’s latest book, I’ll Give You the Sun (everyone should read this), and I wanted to celebrate it (even though it’s a bit late). I thought why not do a cover change/theme post of her first published novel, The Sky Is Everywhere?

And booom, here we are.

Not surprise that most of these covers use the sky theme. (It’s right there in the title!) Let’s see what else you can notice about these covers.

Such a hard pick. I couldn’t decide. Both paperback covers are incredibly gorgeous. In the end, well. You see what I picked. I just love the colors that are used.

FOREIGN FAVORITE

I love that this cover emphasizes on the music, which is an important thing in the book. And I like the grainy image of the girl’s skin. It’s a nice effect. It makes me think she’s fading away or in the past still.

LEAST FAVORITE

Oh god, these covers. Horrible covers. 1. The font choice is alllll wrong and 2. it uses the space in the cover awkwardly. The placement of everything either uses too much space or doesn’t use it at all, which is a major problem.

Which cover is your favorite? Which cover do you own or want to own? Which is your least favorite cover?

The sky and the hearts is something that seems to be featured on quite some covers. They also all seem colourfull, although this might just be a coincidence.
I also had to smile about the dutch title, I always think it’s funny to see how they translate titles as they always seem to mean something different then the english title or have a different nuance. In this case the dutch title says literally translated “the sky/ heaven starts at your feet”.
I think my favourite of these is the UK one or the UK 2011 redesign.

I haven’t read Jandy Nelson’s books, but she’s quite hard to ignore what with the recent publication of I’ll Give You the Sun! EVERYONE has been talking about that book, it seems! XP

I haven’t read The Sky is Everywhere so I can’t really say how good each book is for representing it’s contents, but based on just the cover… I’d say my favorite US cover has to be the 2014 redesign. I absolutely love the colors (and how it’s design matches the new book). My favorite foreign cover would have to be The Netherlands redesign. I’m not sure why, but I just like how doodly and sort of… sloppy it is! And my least favorite? Probably Sweden. The second I see it I just want to run in the opposite direction. It’s just too… pink for me. Makes me think it’s full of romance and stereotypical girly things, which puts me off. >.<

I really like the original cover, but because I’ve seen the book first with the new 2014 cover and the fact that I’ll Give You The Sun, matches it, I think I’d have to lean towards that one as my favorite. :)

The original US cover was the one I fell in love with and what lead me to reading it. If I could own a copy, I’d definitely choose that one because it is without a doubt my favorite. I’m not crazy about the Netherlands redesign.

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The Novel Hermit is written by a daydreamer who loves books and thinks they are absolutely delightful. You will find YA, reviews, comics, discussion, letters, fonts + book cover love, and lots of fangirling squealing. What more can you ask for?

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